SWP

An open letter to I.S. comrades - Solidarity

An open letter to I.S. comrades

“On the relations between types of revolutionary organisation and the types of society they are likely to bring about.” Issued as a Solidarity pamphlet in 1968 and 1972.

Martin Smith given PhD place at Liverpool Hope University

Submitted by working class s... on Oct 21 2013 09:17

It has come to our attention that Martin Smith – who resigned from the Socialist Workers Party following rape and sexual harassment allegations – is now based in the Social Work department at Liverpool Hope University. Trigger warning: rape, sexual harassment.

On the edges of Trotskyism - some of the ones who left the SWP

Submitted by rooieravotr on Jul 12 2013 00:48

Some notes on the IS Network, formed by ex-members of the SWP, and on the ideas of Richard Seymour, one of them.

Trotskyism on the edge - on the SWP crisis

Submitted by rooieravotr on Jul 10 2013 15:25

A few more notes on the crisis in the UK Socialist Workers Party (SWP) that seems to have entered new territory.

SWP crisis: some analysis, some thoughts

Submitted by rooieravotr on Mar 13 2013 15:33

The UK Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is in deep crisis after rape accusations and faction fights have ended in the leadership reimposing some 'order' , and oppositionists leaving the party in droves. Some analysis, and some ideas on what attitude anti-authoritarians might fruitfully take.

Understanding left cults (SWP, SP, Spiked, WRP) - a reading list

Animal Farm

Selected reading on cultlike behaviour of left-wing parties in the UK.

The break-up of the WRP: from the horse’s mouth - Simon Pirani

Submitted by Steven. on Feb 3 2013 13:50

An account by one of its former activists of the breakup of the UK Trotskyist group Workers Revolutionary Party following widespread sexual abuse by its leader, Gerry Healy in the mid-1980s. Trigger warning for discussion of sexual abuse.

SWP's Tom Walker: Why I am resigning

A journalist at the Socialist Workers Party newspaper on his decision to quit following the way the grouping dealt with accusations of rape and sexual harassment by female members against a leader of the party. Trigger warning for sexual harassment.

I was a teenage SWP member

Submitted by thegonzokid on Dec 24 2012 18:51

A personal account of life in the Socialist Workers Party.

Syria, imperialism and the left (3)

Submitted by rooieravotr on Aug 10 2012 14:09

There is a third position on the Syrian events: opposition to Assad and to Western interference. This position also is unsatisfactory in its way to positive account of the revolt. Third and final part of the series.